Swinton

Other current and historical names

Bow Broom

Built-Up Area: Wath upon Dearne
Parish/Community: Rotherham, unparished area
Unitary Authority: Rotherham
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 53°29'13"N 1°18'46"W
Eastings/Northings: 445696, 399138
OS Grid: SK456991
Mapcode Local: GBR MX83.LR
Mapcode Global: WHDD5.TM15

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Swinton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Swinton in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Swinton, town and township with ry. sta., Wath upon Dearne and Mexborough pars., E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 10½ miles NE. of Sheffield, 1770 ac., pop. 7612; P.O., T.O.; contains the Rockingham pottery works and the Swinton iron works, and carries on coal mining, bottle making, glass mfrs., and repairing of railway engines and waggons.

Swinton in the Domesday Book

A village in Strafforth hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Rethar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Bully
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Bully
- Taxable Value: 8 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 8 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (3 plough lands)
- Woodland: 14 furlongs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Estan of Wysall
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert Tison
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert Tison
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; 15 shillings in 1086
- Households: 8 villagers
- Plough Teams: 2 men's ploughs (2 plough lands)
- Woodland: 1 mixed measure

British Place Names

Swinton, Rotherham

Swinton is a settlement in Wath upon Dearne, Rotherham

Swinton in historic gazetteers

Swinton in the Domesday Book